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December 2008
Creatively Address Rising Costs
and Environmental Concerns Building owners can respond to both of
these issues by incorporating smart choices into their designs that reduce
energy use, lowering costs and lessening the building’s impact on the
environment. Sarah Romero, Veris Industries
“31 Tannery Project” –
Year 2+ Sustainable Operations maintaining our 2nd Year of Net Zero
Electric Operations and Energy Star 100 scores… Moving on…
Edward H. Brzezowski, PE, LEED AP
Noveda Technologies
Protocol Blenders and
Information Creators: Middleware Providers and Implementation Strategy
Jim Sinopoli and Neil Gifford, Smart Buildings
Introduction to Modbus Serial
and Modbus TCP Modbus is popular for its simplicity.
Because so many users with Modbus knowledge are in the field and because a
Modbus-IDA association backs this open standard, it will continue to remain
popular. George Thomas, President, Contemporary Controls
Indoor Air Quality Basics
Part 1/2 - IAQ Audits: Are You Missing the Bigger Picture?
Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
FAVOURITE
2008 Digital Signage Year in Review Digital Signage “Turned the
Corner,” maturing in 2008 Lyle Bunn, Principal &
Strategy Architect BUNN Co
The Front End
The chief reason for multiple systems under one Front End is to remove the
perceived shackles of the control provider from the end user.
Darryl Trombley, Building Automation Consultant, Metro Environmental, Inc.
Maximizing Boiler Performance
and Efficiency Would you know what to adjust if you
realized money and energy were being wasted on an hourly basis? Sharam Pavri, Forbes Marshall
XML Integration
Transforms Telephone Entry System to Web-programmable Appliance Jerry Graciano, Manager of Development Partnerships, Brivo
Systems, LLC
Grid Interoperability Demand response is an important tool in your
energy management toolkit. But the future it anticipates could be of even
greater benefit to your bottom line. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - December 2008
Cabling for DDC Systems Specify the proper conductor sizes and
cable types for your BAS project
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
The Lie in Demand—Response We encourage only the
crudest, least effective energy savings, while denying the market the energy
signals that would cause better. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
BAS Use of Ethernet/IP Infrastructure Simply put, should a BAS use its own dedicated Ethernet/IP system, or
should it use that provided for the building’s business-enterprise
communications and managed by the IT department? Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
FAVOURITE
A
Light at the end of the Wireless Tunnel BACnet-Zigbee for Building
Automation has a Bright Future Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
November 2008
FAVOURITEEnergy & Controls…making
sense of it all at Grid-Interop Jack Mc Gowan, CEM
ECommerce, Buildings, and Energy How do eCommerce
technologies, including contracting, reliable messaging, security, and the
application of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) fit into the energy and
buildings world? Carol Geyer, Director of Communications, OASIS
Blue, Buildings, and
Energy The shift from green to blue has started. Laurent Liscia, Executive Director, OASIS, Toby Considine, University of
North Carolina, William Cox, Cox Software Architects LLC
B2G
and the NIST Workshop at Grid Interop '08 David Holmberg, NIST
B2G domain expert working group lead, BACnet Utility Integration working group
lead
The Smart Grid and
Ongoing Building Commissioning For building owners, preparing for
the Smart Grid starts with initiatives that will benefit them today.
Jim Butler, CTO, Cimetrics Inc.
Transacted Energy End
Games It starts today, with demand response, and
continues with transacted energy. Toby Considine,
University of North Carolina
Wireless
Interoperability
Wireless Interoperable
Systems: Enabling the Smart Grid Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
OPC, XML, .NET and
Real-Time Applications DCOM is alive and well. DCOM
fills a void that XML web services cannot fill. OPC DA (based on DCOM)
will continue to dominate applications. White Paper, MatrikonOPC
The Virtue
of VirtuaWattTM VirtuaWattTM
is an online demand response auction application that is designed to help
customers more easily navigate the complex energy market. Joe Franz, Director of Product Management, Constellation
NewEnergy & Del Hilber, Director of IT Demand Response, Constellation NewEnergy
Feel the need for
total security Video surveillance, is becoming a sought-after
technology to provide security Steve Rubin, President, Longwatch
Setting Sights on a Standard In order to support the technology
shift toward IP video systems, the market leaders need to work toward creating
increased flexibility for end users, integrators and consultants. Dr. Bob Banerjee, Product Marketing Manager, Bosch Security
Systems, Inc.
Imagine you could
speak to your SCADA system… Send a text message to
your SCADA system. Michael Meirovitz, CEO,
Control See Ltd.
Legacy Building
Automation Integration The BACnet-N2 Router is a
network appliance hosted on the Advantech Embedded Automation Computer.
Steve Jones,
Managing Partner, The S4 Group, Inc.
Demand response: turning on to new opportunities The next frontier
for demand response is to move beyond curtailment and leverage the power of
building automation systems that exist within or across collections of
buildings. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - November 2008
FAVOURITE
The
Three Little (BACnet) Pigs A Modern Day Fable of Building Systems
Integration Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Sequences of Operation (2 of 2) An objective look at specified
descriptions of control
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
Buildings, Emergency Response, Energy, and Situation Awareness
The NG911 system, or Next Generation 911 supports better
interaction. Even buildings, and building systems, might act as 911
operators. Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Data Center Building Automation
In many ways data centers come closest to blurring the
line between commercial and industrial controls in our industry. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
October 2008
The NewEnergy Paradigm Quite simply, my belief
is that energy in buildings has much more to do with automation that it does
with any of the other technologies that seem to be in the spotlight
continuously. Jack Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
Buildings and ET The mantra of energy management in
the 21st century has to be Buildings, Buildings and Buildings
Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
The Enemy Within
Project engineers must be ready to give up the detailed
design work with which they are familiar and provide the flexibility, support,
and oversight to others so they can ensure ultra-efficient performance is
achieved and maintained over time.
Thomas Hartman, P E
The Hartman Company
Using Structured Cable
Solutions For BAS The largest opportunity to reduce
capital costs of installation in building technology systems is the installation
of the system’s cable and cable pathways. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
OPC Security: Seven
Years, Seven Fears Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Save 18% on Energy Costs
with One 15-Minute Change Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
FAVOURITE
Wireless Sensor Networks
Move Onto The Internet IP allows different kinds of links to be
connected together as a single network, with routers steering each message to
its desired destination, crossing different kinds of links along the way. Brian
Bohlig, Vice President of Marketing, Arch Rock Corporation
DDC
For HVAC Systems DDC knowledge has become critical
in the current HVAC market, but the only sources of information have been highly
technical until now. Barbara Ragusa, LAMA Books
Columns - October 2008
Building BACnet 2008 BACnet International Conference and Award Ceremony
Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Privacy, Price and the Cost of Control As we seek to
extend Demand / Response to more systems in the house, we run into what we might
call Knowledge Problems, problems of diversity and understanding. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Sequences of Operation
(1 of 2) An objective look at specified
descriptions of control
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corporation
Selecting the Building Automation or
Systems Integration Contractor
The process that we use
involves a formal “Request for Proposals” (RFP), allowing us to gather
information and evaluate it in an impartial manner. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
September 2008
Is DR Hype? Or, is DR real and a potential
short-term game changer for building automation? Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
DR-Expo Comes To
Ontario The new OPA DR3 program has created
significant financial opportunities for Ontario’s commercial and industrial
participants. Peter Kelly-Detwiler and Rob Reale, Constellation
NewEnergy
The Value of Demand Response and
Energy Programs At DR-Expo in Toronto, October 6-7. I will be leading a track called
“DR Technology Planning”
Anno Scholten,
Novus Edge
DR on College Campuses
Letting people know that a DR program will reduce the need to
build new power plants, and will likely cut the carbon footprint of the campus,
can go far in getting students and faculty to support it. Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
FAVOURITE
An 8-Step Strategy To
Making Existing Buildings Smart An 8-step strategy
for improving the performance of existing building stock. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
The Cultural Shift to Measurement and Verification for Buildings “Inefficient buildings and homes account for a third of North
America’s greenhouse gas emissions.” Paul Silverthorne,
President, Dimax Controls
SmartGrid Domain Experts
Workgroup NIST Notes on August 5, 2008 Meeting Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Large Building Automation CABA Unveils Enhanced Building Intelligence
Quotient David Katz, Principal Sustainable Resources
Management Inc., Member of the BIQ Consortium
Introduction to the Modbus Protocol Originally intended as a
point-to-to interface between proprietary Modicon products, the protocol has
found use in multi-drop and peer-to-peer networks like TCP/IP. George Thomas, President,
Contemporary Controls
Smart
Lighting System Saves Energy All the lighting system components - ballasts, sensors and controllers - are
from different suppliers which demonstrates the interoperability of the DALI Bradley
Hemphill, CEO, Electrical Engineering Solutions
Reducing Travel Costs with
Remote Server Access Using remote access solutions, your
computers and intelligent devices can be monitored and maintained from anywhere
in the world. Kenneth Dukofsky, Marketing Communications
Manager of Minicom Advanced Systems
FORECAST: Increasingly Cloudy and Under Control As
the burden of building data gets heavier, strategies for managing it take to the
sky, so to speak, whether it’s sorting your services smartly or learning to use
SCADA or OPC, modern building automation aims to help you succeed by keeping
your head in the clouds and your feet on the ground. Ken Sinclair,
AutomatedBuildings.com
Reaping the Harvest Daylight harvesting and daylighting controls can
make a big difference in your energy bill. And solutions are becoming more
flexible all the time. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - September 2008
The Green Gold Rush Promoting energy management and building automation systems as
important elements in an overall sustainability initiative or green building
development is both legitimate and useful. Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Programming Methods
A
historical view as seen from one perspective
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
It’s all too cheap If we are not going to manage our devices, our systems, and our
energy, who will? Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Differentiating an Intelligent Building These three
levels of an Intelligent Building system can result in a significant improvement
of system operations, operational efficiency, and high level tools for facility
assessment and optimization. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
August 2008
Economic Downturn, Automation Identity Crisis and Energy Opportunity
…where does your business go from here John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Wireless Demand Response Bringing DR to a Broader Base of Customers Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
Is IT God? Does god exist? Yes, there is a god; her name is Communications!
Michael Kirrene, Founder and President, Optimal Energy
How Green IT is.
Efforts like the Green Grid Alliance are looking to help reduce the energy
consumption of corporate data centers through education, establishing server
power measurement standards and influencing product designs. Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Staying in Touch with Touch
Screen Controls The actual touch screen devices vary, but three
classes of devices have emerged. These include touch screen controls from
companies traditionally focused on audio visual, touch screens on VOIP
telephones and touch screens that are part of wall-mounted personal computers. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
FAVOURITE
Lynxspring’s JENEsys™
snap! – a New Solution for HVAC Energy Conservation Bob Mealey,
Lynxspring’s Vice President, Marketing and Sales
Object Modeling a Physical
BACnet® Device This paper introduces object modeling,
object properties, and services as they pertain to a physical BACnet/IP device. Part 1 of 2 George Thomas, President of Contemporary Controls
Achieving
BACnet® Compliance To ease the process in
determining BACnet compliance, the standard classifies devices into six
categories: Part 2 of 2 George Thomas, President of Contemporary Controls
Comprehensive Environmental
Monitoring Solution Fortify your Business Continuity/Disaster Prevention
readiness through a comprehensive Environmental Monitoring solution. Fred Kemp, Vice President Marketing
& Sales, Invetex Corporation
Exploring the Deep End of Video Surveillance Management Design
Considerations David Keidar, General Manager, EVT
Columns - August 2008
Open
Systems Opens Doors The Secret Sauce in the BACnet Recipe for Success Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
FAVOURITE
Anatomy of a Typical BAS Analysis of a hypothetical commercial office building DDC
system Part 3 of 3
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Clouds and Rain Cloud Computing is a name for
putting computing services, whether traditional, such as CRM applications, or
modern, such as SaaS, on computers up in the wider network. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
An Intelligently Green Building
The imagination of the building design team (along
with the willingness to research and specify the technology and products
involved in this integration) is the only limit to creating intelligently green
buildings. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
July 2008
Making Sense of it All
Automatedbuildings.com has not only provided those ideas and
contacts for potential partners, products and procedures to help us push our
network based energy efficient strategies forward, but it has also played an
important role in developing the community of industry professionals.
Thomas Hartman, P E,
The Hartman Company
The Next 10 Years
"Ken’s theme for the next 10 years is about change .... I would like to
propose a way of thinking that may well help you make a decision as to how to
proceed". Anto
Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Intelligent Middleware for
Intelligent Building Systems Richards-Zeta and Frost & Sullivan
Industry White Paper
FAVOURITE
Water Submetering: Wireless
Systems By providing managers with real-time,
automatically generated data, wireless water submetering can make monitoring,
billing, and reducing water usage far easier than with traditional, manual-read
submetering systems. Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
Enterprise Access to
Building Automation Data Using BACnet and OPC Darek
Kominek, MatrikonOPC
Using SCADA Systems in an
HVAC Environment Owners of larger facilities as well as multiple
building owners will surely benefit from the SCADA Systems once thought of as
only for industrial process control. Ronald D. Padilla, Vice
President – Integration Services, Control Technologies, Inc.
Parking Garage Case Study:
LonWorks® Delivers Savings On Sunset Blvd Mike Schell, Air Test
Technologies
Be
The Change This year’s ConnectivityWeek offered more
than simply updates on building automation technology. It encouraged a new
energy revolution. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - July 2008
Words of Wisdom
Prudent advice from the pages of
Practical Controls
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Controlling Demand Response A building that has been designed for
demand response can readily drop electric loads with little impact on the
occupants. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
FAVOURITE
The
BACnet Puzzle Why BACnet can be a puzzle to
outsiders – and why it matters. Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Newton's Fall Efforts to solve traditional
building-grid interactions as command and control interactions will fail if they
leave out the human and social factors. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
June 2008
FAVOURITE
My 10 Takeaways from ConnectivityWeek
in Santa Clara, California Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
ConnectivityWeek Show Daily
The following articles appeared in the ConnectivityWeek Show
Daily newspaper, published the week of May 19, 2008. Each article contains
additional information that could not be included in the original publication
due to space limitations. Frank Capuano, Strata
Resource Inc acted as manager, editor and photographer for the daily show
newspaper for Clasma Events
We need a bigger boat! Focusing
just on building systems or even just controls is simply not going to cut it,
the vision outlined at the first BuilConn in 2003 was too narrow. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
oBIX is alive and kicking… The people who
know oBIX best have been going out and doing things with oBIX. Many of these
projects are large. Toby Considine, Chairman oBIX
Wireless Energy
Management: Transforming the Energy Costs of the Smaller Building Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
Sharpening The Axe:
Four Tips for your Controls Contracting Business
Al De Wachter, President, ICS Inc
Data Center Retrofit Now
Able to Handle High-Density Server Applications Contemporary
Controls’ BAS Switch Handles the Traffic Without “Choking” Debra Biela, Marketing Communications Specialist, Contemporary
Controls
Lambeau Field – A Success
Story Lambeau Field Benefits from Building Automation System
Interface Erin Tudjan, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Eagle
Technology, Inc.
Open
Automated Demand Response Communication Standards
Six years of research, development, and demonstration have led to these
standards.Girish Ghatikar, Mary Ann Piette, & Sila
Kiliccote, Demand Response Research Center (DRRC), Lawrence Berkeley National
Lab (LBNL)
Controls + IT + Integrate
Evolve Integrating to the World of IT
David Oshoway, President, Energetic Concepts Ltd
Verizon Communications
Cogeneration System Monitoring and Energy Management - Case Study David Crump, Marketing
Communications Opto 22
BACnet Change of Value (COV) The BACnet COV system is not a mandatory part of the
protocol. Each vendor decides if they want to support it. Peter Chipkin,
Partner AGP Support Group.
Columns - June 2008
Unitary Controllers Primer
Typical applications utilizing unit (zone) level control Part
2 of 3
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
FAVOURITE
Stop
throwing it away – Energy Recycling Once you start
thinking about waste heat as a resource, it will lead a long way from where you
started. Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Campus
Automation Presents Unique Challenges Multiple
interfaces makes campus-wide optimization, data mining, and energy and
operational analysis difficult. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
May 2008
Preview of
ConnectivityWeek 2008
ConnectivityWeek 2008 has collected all of the key subjects that will draw
this picture of the future world of connected devices. The tent to encompass
this vision is large, very large. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
ConnectivityWeek is the Green
Summit The message to readers is that Green is not
just about LEED, and that DR is the opportunity to build a new business model
that does not rely on new construction. John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM
Energy Control Inc.
Load Response as a
Potential Economic Force in a Slowing Economy Load response can
deliver a significant return on investment with documented energy savings,
enhanced efficiencies and information and intelligence that can be extracted
from a facility to make it run even more efficiently. Peter Kelly-Detwiler,
Constellation NewEnergy
Smart Grid and Smart Building
solutions with the Web 2.0 Technology A
suite of Web 2.0 products and services bringing together demand-side and
intermittent resources, power grid operations, and energy markets Ali Ipakchi, Vice President, OATi
Creating a Sustainable
Building Industry Future Our industry needs to show in the new
buildings we construct that achieving ultra-efficient building operation
need not be a convoluted, expensive, or hit-and-miss process. Thomas Hartman, P E,
The Hartman Company
Convergence 2.0
Technology Convergence is Only the Beginning Andy
McMillan, President/CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc, President, BACnet International
FAVOURITE ARTICLE Open Source Beyond Open Systems
Anno Scholten, NovusEdge
Efficient Human Convergence
for Realizing ROI One of the most efficient ways
for humans to converge when required to implement and maintain new facility and
energy solutions is to have strong adaptable integrated tools and processes
increasing productivity and limiting the need for any human converge.
Brian Thompson,
Founder, Managing Director, SENSUS M.I.
Delivering Enterprise Energy
and Facility Management through an Open Architecture The problem
today is that there is a huge capability gap between building systems, their
disparate or so called “open” protocols and a scaled enterprise energy
management system offering control and management of all building systems. Edmund B. Richards, President and CEO,
Richards-Zeta
Advanced Energy Management Programs Automated Demand Response (ADR). Brooke Raffetto, Richards-Zeta
Building Intelligence Inc.
Building a Green America North America strongly
correlates environmental performance with financial gains, boasts of patronizing
real estate with at east 3-5 percent higher occupancy rate and who do not
hesitate shelling out or commanding at least 3 percent higher rental rate than
traditionally. Konkana Khaund, Research Analyst,
Environment & Building Technologies, Frost & Sullivan, North America
What Exactly is "Network
Integration?" “If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a
phone number?” Robin Williams, Actor, Comedian
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing
Principal,
Smart Buildings
EnOcean Alliance "No Wires.
No Batteries. No Limits." The Wireless Standard for Sustainable
Buildings Graham Martin, Chairman EnOcean Alliance
Energy Saving Solutions -
Building IT with OPC There is a symbiotic
relationship between the systems controlling the environment, and the people and
systems contained within it. Integration of the systems is needed to fully
realize optimization possibilities. Eric Murphy, MatrikonOPC
Cisco Application eXtension
Platform OSGi Add-On as Universal Middleware for Your Applications Thomas Forst, Business Development Manager ProSyst Software
GmbH
Building automation and intelligent buildings Using motion detection sensors or security sensors on
doors you can receive an instant alert via SMS, telephone call, e-mail or SNMP
trap of un-authorized access. Pictures captures by the cameras can be attached
to the E-mail or an MMS message so you can instantly see who is entering your
building or room without authorization. You could even automatically prevent
further access. Nicholas Barrowclough, Technical
Support Manager, AKCP
How to improve the
Performance of a Mesh Wireless Sensor Network?
This white paper presents Diversity Path Mesh, a technology
designed to maximize the most important performance factors of wireless mesh
networks, as well as their trade-off envelope. Virtual
Extension Ltd - Technology White Paper
The New Face of Building
Automation Buildings are now expected to be an
interactive part of their virtual community and of course the electrical grid.
This new face is creating untold opportunities that we all must investigate,
understand and support.
Published Control Engineering Asia magazine May 2008 issue
The Rise of Virtual Services Computer
applications that integrate information more effectively are giving building
managers new tools to manage their energy use. Published Energy
Management Canada magazine May 2008 issue
Brilliant Buildings
What makes a
Building Brilliant? …..Surpassing
Excellence that’s what! Published ES Magazine May issue
Columns - May 2008
FAVORITE
Controls Estimating 101 A beginner’s look at labor and material
estimating for plan & spec projects
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
More
on the Challenge of Writing the Controls Specs….
Open/standard communications protocols is probably the most important example of
where a specification should contain explicit, prescriptive requirements. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Service Performance, Compliance, and Business Responsiveness Just as in the rest of business computing, open source is coming
to building control systems. Open interfaces such as oBIX make open source
programming effective. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
April 2008
ASHRAE, CSI & OPC at
BuilConn The new face is strangely a combination of the
past, the changing, the new, and a heavy dose of socially-driven subjects that
together are turning the world of energy and buildings upside down. as ASHRAE,
CSI & OPC meet at BuilConn. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Getting
a Handle on Web 2.0 and the New Services Development Paradigm
John R. Janowiak, President, International Engineering Consortium
Demand Response and
the Energy Conservation Spirit Integrating Demand Response into
Overall Energy Efficiency on a College Campus Steve Schaefer, Senior
Vice President Sales & Marketing, EnergyConnect Inc.
Communicating To the
Enterprise Isn’t Science Fiction Far from being science fiction,
providing the ability to connect building automation systems to the enterprise
using OPC is very much a reality today. Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Total Facility
Control We need a better way to upgrade,
enhance, and control what we have. Facility managers need a plan, a partner,
and an incentive. Ron Bernstein, Executive Director, LonMark International
End-to-end solutions for business automation A new site
automation software development platform arrives on the market. Lydia Cobo, Marketing Europe, Elutions
Changing the Present Value
(Or Why the Present Value doesn’t change) Peter Chipkin,
Partner AGP Support Group.
Mega Video Solutions Systems are not just cheaper
and more flexible they have opened up new opportunities. Barry
Keepence, CTO, IndigoVision
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The
Future of Automated Buildings in North America
As published Climatização &
Refrigeração Magazine Brazil
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - April 2008
Typical Controllers in DDC
Understand the differences in controller types and applications
Part 1 of 3 Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Rent
Seeking is Crippling Building System Markets Rent seeking is
defined as when an individual, organization, or firm seeks to make money by
manipulating control of the economic environment rather than by making a profit
through trade and production of value. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Writing the Controls Specs…. One of life’s great challenges In reality the design of the controls system really starts with
the selections made for the mechanical and electrical systems and a good
understanding of how the building will be operated. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
March 2008
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Pushing Green into the Black
Self-powered Wireless Controls Build Financial Cases for Green Buildings
Robert Eckery, Marcom Manager, EnOcean, Inc.
How Energy Revolution
Affects You! As in previous revolutions, social change will
be significant, impacting everything from our daily lives to commerce and
politics. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
The Number One Thing That
Will Grow Your Business in 2008 The time for Energy Engineered Systems (EES)
is now because the traditional construction process is broken and it is hard
to deliver value without EES.
Jack Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The Coming Flood of Energy
Reporting, Building Sensors and System Meters In
order to meet the challenge of energy management within buildings, maintain and
increase the performance and asset value, buildings systems will need to
dramatically increase devices that can sense, monitor, measure and manage energy
loads and consumption, and weave that data into management reports that provide
actionable information. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Oops! I Missed a Point Use your existing Ethernet
infrastructure and save money, time, and aggravation. Joe
Stasiek, Sales Manager, Contemporary Controls
BACnet and Interoperability
A coming of age Rocky Moore, Marketing Lead, American
Auto-Matrix
Simply the Best User
Interface The telephone continues to hold claim to
the most convenient user interface. Ron Poskevich,
General Manager,
Lumisys
Innovative touch screen technology for BAS The graphics have to be a
little bigger and links, like sequence of operations callouts, require larger
navigation links. Dan McCarty, Quality Automation
Graphics
An intelligent energy demand
management system ....that automatically predicts,
regulates, and lowers peak demand for industries without compromising the
operation of connected equipment. John Reed, Media
Relations, Powerit Solutions, Inc.
Build Green and Stay Green
with OPC To fully achieve efficiency and stay Green
for the long run, building systems need to be monitored and maintained. If it
can be measured, it can be managed and OPC supplies the means to do both. Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Helping
China Grow a Greener Future China's Ministry of Construction (MOC)
estimates that China will double its current building stock by 2020. The vast
majority of these projects are large—commercial office buildings between 100,000
and 150,000 m2 and residential developments that span more than 500,000 m2 of
construction area. Mike Williams C.Eng.
FCMA, MCIBSE, MSyI, Managing Director, Founder CDC - Central Data Control
Design and Implementation of an Open, Interoperable Automated Demand Response
Infrastructure This article provides an overview of
the AutoDR field tests and implementation activities from 2003-2007 and focuses
on the concept for and lessons from the development and field-testing of an
open, interoperable communications infrastructure to support automating DR. Mary Ann Piette, Sila Kiliccote, and Girish Ghatikar
Demand Response Research Center – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Spokane International Airport
Eliminates Paper Process Spokane
International mainly had problems tracking maintenance information. The main
concern in the maintenance department was tracking labor hours spent maintaining
airport equipment. Eagle Technology, Inc.
LEED provides creditability to Smart Building Automation Smart
building encompasses the integration of all of the systems in the building, this
additional level of commissioning should be a requirement to ensure the benefits
of integrated building technology systems, and in the process, pick up one LEED
credit.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - March 2008
FAVOURITE COLUMN
SOB - the Service Oriented Building My
passion is web services interfaces to the engineered world to let embedded
systems be full participants in the enterprise. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
How Safety Devices (Should?) Affect System Components Simple,
albeit important, rules of thumb regarding equipment failsafe modes.
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Green
Intelligent Buildings – a Brief History The
original concept of Energy Management, which later became Building Automation,
started in earnest as a result of the OPEC oil embargo in 1973. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
February 2008
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The Energy Revolution is
Here! Let’s understand something: The Energy
Revolution is happening around us, it is starting right now, not by this author,
not by Al Gore, not by environmentalists, but by the realities of the changing
energy paradigm. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
The Virtual Building Operations Center How to
Implement (VBOC) without a FMS change-out. George
B. Huettel, PE, President, Cyrus Technologies, Inc.
REALIGNING Where People, Space,
Time and Energy Interact Enabling integration between
enterprise software and building systems is only part of the solution. Data
presentation, reporting, security, and adherence to current IT standards are the
other keys. John Greenwell, President, CEPORT, LLC
The
Multi-Vendor Integrator The culture of multi-vendor
integration is the future. Julian Smith, Control
Network Services, Inc.
Life Cycle Costing Calculator The Continental Automated Building
Association (CABA) and RSMeans*, a Reed Construction Data company, announce the
release of their online, interactive, Life Cycle Costing (LCC) calculator for
the commercial industry.
Thomas (Thom) Keel, Member CABA Intelligent & Integrated
Building Council, Chair Life Cycle Costing Task Force
Convergence & Controls - Grid
Intelligence We can learn a lot from the United States’ GridWise — a
movement that is re-shaping the American Power Industry.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - February 2008
RTU Zoning Systems Getting more out of your
single zone constant volume rooftop units
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
FAVOURITE COLUMN
How Automated Are Our Green Buildings?
The new draft “LEED for Healthcare” document is not poised to
add any new warmth to our hearts. A close look at this document (or any LEED
rating system for that matter) reveals very little direct reference to the use
of building automation. In fact the term “building automation” appears to be
used only once in the entire document! Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
January 2008
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Eight Predictions for
Smart Buildings in 2008 “Never make predictions, especially about
the future.” Casey Stengel Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Buildings at the Epicenter… Don’t miss B2G in New York
John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
Opportunities to learn Smart Buildings and the Smart Grid at AHR
As part of the AHR Educational panels there will be two free sessions that are must attend sessions for anyone who wants to learn more.
John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
New
Year, New Beginnings “We don’t plan to fail, but
often fail to plan”. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
4 Questions To Ask & 4 Tasks
for 2008 They are in essence one question, “how does this industry
move forward into the 21st century”. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Out-of-the-Box Energy Monitoring Earning LEED Innovation in Design
Credit Dan McCarty Quality
Automation Graphics
Using CO2 Feed-Back Control To
Stop Costly Over Ventilation Ironically, outdoor air introduction to
buildings is one of the few major energy consuming features of a building that
is typically not measured or controlled on a real-time basis. Mike Schell,
AirTest Technologies Inc.
Join the
Interoperability Crusade Please hear this message
as a call for arms and join us in the crusade to improve integration and enable
an ever-smarter electricity system. Steve Widergren,
Administrator, GridWise Architecture Council
IP Innovation:
Clock, Paging and Messaging Systems Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Controls Facilitate Lighting
System Maintenance at Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport
Watt Stopper/LeGrand Case Study
Building Automation
Reflections and Projections Ken Sinclair, Editor Owner of
AutomatedBuildings.com provides a reflected review of a very exciting year in
the Building Automation Industry as well as some crystal ball gazing into what
to expect for 2008.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
January 2008
Short on I/O? Try This Out!
Tricks of the
trade, time-tested and industry-accepted
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
December 2007
GridWise, Demand
Response and a Green AHR Those who want to learn more about these
automation opportunities with the electric grid should be at the AHR ASHRAE
conference in New York this January 2008. John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
How Do Smart
Buildings Make A Building Green? Smart buildings
make green buildings greener, and green buildings make smart buildings smarter.
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
B2G Summit January 21, 2008 – New York, NY Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Greenbuild is the Future
Enlightened builders and engineers must prove that energy savings are not
just another green building tool, but the "big hammer," both economically and
environmentally. Denis Du Bois, Editor, Energy Priorities
Magazine
Go Big, or Go Home! Using large format LCD’s allows the corporation to display entire
building systems on one centralized monitor, and eliminates the need for
multiple smaller monitors. Dan McCarty Quality
Automation Graphics
Sydney Opera House Information Control for the Full Asset Lifecycle
Aconex Online
Document Management
Are you ready for 3D?
When it comes to developing 3D graphics, most controls companies
do not have the resources or software tools to design high level graphics.
Dan McCarty Quality Automation Graphics
Grid-Interop Rocks
Industry Silos
Systems integrators, business
managers, and policy-makers from electric, manufacturing, commercial building,
and home automation industries discover common ground for advancing a smarter
electricity system. Steve Widergren,
Administrator, GridWise Architecture Council
Wiring and Air Handling Under Raised Floors A raised floor space
is a plenum only if it was specifically fabricated to transport environmental
air. Jim Landolina, Wiremold/Legrand
Integrating OPC into Building
Automation The Latest Trend MatrikonOPC -
White Paper
If These Walls Could
Talk Communicating Building Information Across the Enterprise with
OPC and BACnet MatrikonOPC - White Paper
Control Panel Upgrade
Provides Dramatic Improvement Lighting Control Panel Upgrade
Watt Stopper/LeGrand Case Study
What You Need to Know About
GridWise GridWise improves electric power grid coordination and
the refrigeration industry will benefit from it.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Last Building Automation Column
This Building Automation column has provided me with an industry soapbox to rant
on, scolding and generally cajoling the industry while plagiarizing the content
of the bevy of authors from our online magazine AutomatedBuildings.com.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
December 2007
Wiring For Combustion Air
Prove
the presence of the combustion air source before allowing the boiler
plant to operate
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
November 2007
Getting a Handle on Energy
Usage Successful energy retrofit programs take a
comprehensive approach to building systems as well as operational and
maintenance practices to improve energy efficiency, comfort and productivity.
Spinwave Systems, Inc.
The
role of video analytics in the automated buildings market
There are now systems on the market that offer a plug-and-play solution that the
average automation contractor, designer and security installer can successfully
deploy and that don’t cost a tremendous amount of money. Roni
Kass, Founder and CEO, ioimage
Truth
About Megapixel This
is the third in a series of three articles separating fact from fiction with
regard to the fast-growing megapixel camera technology. - Megapixel Network Cameras, Can
They Really Save Bandwidth and Storage? Paul Bodell, Officer, Vice President Sales &
Marketing, IQinVision
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Integrated Design Associates, Inc. Design headquarters is among
the first to achieve net-zero energy Johnson
Controls, Case Study
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Ferreira “31 Tannery
Project” First Net Zero Electric commercial building in the U.S. A
Post Occupancy Review, Observations & Lessons Learned
Edward H. Brzezowski, P.E. – LEED AP, Director of Engineering, Ferreira
Group
Demand Response and
the Path to a Sustainable Energy Future How the
future unfolds, and our ability to pass on a sustainable planet to future
generations, is based in large part on our success with shifting to more
sustainable energy practices today. Clement J. Palevich,
Constellation Sustainable Energy Solutions
Two Critical Steps Toward
Sustainability
(That
we need to take now!) Thomas Hartman, P E
The Hartman Company
Standing Room Only at
DR-Expo The requests from sponsors, speakers and
attendees alike were for DR-Expo to be held at least twice a year in the U.S.
Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Cell Coverage in Buildings Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Found in Phoenix The conference focused on opportunities created
by connections between topics that used to seem totally disparate: The national
electricity distribution infrastructure and my building’s bottom line? My BAS
and environmental responsibility? Enterprise management and national security?
Huh? Robert Beverly, Editor, Engineered Systems.
Building the Intelligent Bridge to Sustainability
Intelligence-based solutions can be used to deliver buildings which meet the
requirements of the 21st Century, while optimising their environmental
performance. Alison Nicholl, Programme Manager ibexcellence, Business Analyst
i&i limited
Energy & Power
We all have to be conscious of the fundamentals of energy and
only we have the power to conserve. Ron Bernstein,
Executive Director, LonMark International
Harnessing the 4 Cs
Convergence, connectivity, controls and conservation can guide us towards a more
profitable, vibrant industrial future. It's time for new thinking on
energy management.
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Stumbling Towards Sustainability
It’s clear that in
the last year our clients and society in general has moved much further in
their expectations for sustainable buildings than our industry has moved in
ability to effectively implement them.
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column - November 2007
Terms & Terminologies – Avoiding
Confusion
A closer look at some of
the words and phrases that we sometimes take for granted
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
October 2007
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The Killer App is
Here A killer app is defined as being a product or service
that is so useful that people will buy particular piece(s) of computer
hardware and/or an operating system simply to gain access to the
application, one that is so valuable that it transcends any concerns, risks
or need to learn something new. Anto Budiardjo, President,
Clasma Events Inc.
9 Tips On How
To Obtain The Best Value In System Cabling Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Redefining Wireless for
Building Systems ......is it
rather “no-new-wires”? The
Viconics Sales Team
Turning The Vision of
Buildings 2.0 Into Reality The vision of the Buildings 2.0
white paper states, we "must define tangible tools for Buildings 2.0 to
evolve" and it is with this in mind that he communicates this experience.
Bradley Hemphill Pr.Eng B.Sc.Eng, Electrical Engineering
Solutions
Connecting ARCNETÒ
to Ethernet Infrastructures - Case Study Contemporary
Controls’ AI-SRVR is the Solution for Distance Issues in Multi-Building
Installations Debra Biela,
Marketing Communications
Specialist, Contemporary Controls
Pressure Independent Valves
- Case Study Pressure
Independent Valves Make Cost Effective Alternative to Reverse Return System for
US Census Bureau
Lisa Hickey, BELIMO Americas
Truth
About Megapixel This
is the second in a series of three articles separating fact from fiction with
regard to the fast-growing megapixel camera technology. - Megapixel Network Cameras, Can
They Really Save Bandwidth and Storage? Paul Bodell, Officer, Vice President Sales &
Marketing, IQinVision
Johnson
Controls Metasys Enhancement Prevents Building Disasters Complete
One Step Backup for a JCI Metasys Operator Workstation (OWS) and Network Control
Module (NCM) using the new MetaBAK™ product insures reliability. David Hagemann, Custom Computer Systems
The Soft Side of Automation
Integrating Window Shades into Automation Systems David Parrett, Electronic Solutions, Inc.
a Hunter Douglas Company
Turning Buzz into Bucks
Now is the time to get involved; learn what the buzz is all about and better
understand the opportunities being presented to you with demand response.
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
October 2007
Electric Duct Heaters – Application & Control
Avoid application errors and controllability issues when designing EDH
control systems
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
September 2007
An Open Letter to the
Clinton Climate Initiative It isn’t just a few who
want this Initiative to succeed. All of society wants it to succeed and is
watching us to see if we can work together well and hard enough to be certain it
will! Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
Commissioning Forever
“The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be
self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.” E.F.
Schumacher, Small is Beautiful Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
FAVOURITE ARTICLE Four steps to make money from DR Understand -
Internalize - Plan - Execute Anto Budiardjo, President,
Clasma Events Inc.
Energy… how do you turn Buzz into Business? The simple answer to that
question is that automation is the “enabling technology” for demand response.
John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE Weather On Demand
A New Way for Building Automation to Leverage
Real-time Weather Information Roy Kok, VP Sales
and Marketing, Kepware Technologies
Demand Response Case Study
Trojan Battery invested over $500,000 for summer demand response and their
utility reimbursed them. Now Trojan gets lower rates that are saving the company
thousands on its electric bill every month. Denis DuBois, Editor, Energy Priorities
FAVOURITE ARTICLE Are you ready for changing
21st Century energy markets? Energy resources will continue to
become increasingly scarce, however, their scarcity and attendant price
escalation drives technological improvements in building, operating and
maintaining the facilities that use those resources. Peter M.
Schwartz, Principal, Peter Schwartz & Associates, LLC
Why Building Automation
Should Be More Like Football Good players win games. Can your
building “win” with the system that’s currently installed? If not, take
advantage of every opportunity to upgrade outdated systems.
Tim Kensok, Director of Business Development, AirAdvice, Inc.
Designing a Daylight
Harvesting System (Part 2 of 2)
It is a rule in lighting
control that the higher the number of control zones in a space, the more
flexibility and control accuracy will be gained, at the expense of cost and more
sophisticated commissioning. Craig DiLouie, Principal, ZING Communications, Inc. & Communications Director Lighting Controls
Association
Truth About Megapixel This
is the first in a series of three articles separating fact from fiction with
regard to the fast-growing megapixel camera technology.
Paul Bodell, Officer, Vice President Sales &
Marketing, IQinVision
FAVOURITE ARTICLE Parking Lot Gets Smart with
ZigBee The automation process requires placing
”smart” detection sensors next to the parking spaces throughout the parking lot.
Alex Leonov, Marketing Manager, MeshNetics
Delivering Sustainability
Sustainability is a complex
issue and Intelligent Building technologies are a large part of the solution.
Paul Ehrlich PE,
President, Building Intelligence Group LLC
Demand Response:
Information Is Power Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate
Solutions
The
"BUZZ" about ADR So what’s all the BUZZ about Automated Demand
Response (ADR)? Ed Richards, President and CEO,
Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, Inc
Rapidly Changing
Fundamentals of Demand Response Today’s demand
response products are more finely honed instruments that give decision makers
the tools to design and implement a proactive energy strategy that helps manage
risk every hour of the day.
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Senior
Director of Energy Technology Services,
Constellation NewEnergy
NewEnergy AllianceSM
The Alliance will help
empower and create immediate revenue opportunities for all who wish to directly
participate in demand response with their products, services and technologies.
Leighton
Wolffe, Principal, Wolffe Technology Consultants
Multi-Site Demand Response Technology Moves Into the Retail Space
Using a multi-site demand response program to control utility costs will be
particularly effective if the design of the buildings take into account the need
to accommodate this strategy. Bob Coppenhaver, Director Product
Management and Marketing, Novar
Automated Demand Response
and BACnet® Buildings that have BACnet-based building
control systems are particularly well positioned to participate in DR programs.
Jim Butler, CTO, Cimetrics Inc.
Next Generation Demand
Response the Readily Available Green Energy Solution
Steve Schaefer, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, EnergyConnect Inc.
Graphical User Interfaces When web design and building automation
graphical user interfaces converge…Alper Uzmezler, Systems Integrator, Building Automation Systems Services
Opportunity Overload?
“The
opportunities surrounding Demand Response (DR) cannot be underestimated. These
opportunities are available today for building system contractors, integrators
and owners.”
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
September 2007
Pressure Transmitters – Selection & Placement
Understand the concepts behind sizing
and locating static and differential pressure transmitters
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
August 2007
Lighting Control Integrate
without the Risk of Failure Ron Poskevich,
General Manager, Lumisys
Designing a Daylight
Harvesting System: Part One Daylighting is the use of daylight as
a primary source of general illumination in a space. Craig DiLouie, Principal, ZING Communications, Inc. & Communications Director Lighting Controls
Association
DALI is Here &
Here To Stay
DALI –
(Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) has been around for several years.
Phillip Hodge, Business Development Manager, Building
Technology Integration Control & Engineering
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Seven Habits of a Highly
Profitable Controls Company We have two basic choices in how we do
things: be reactive to things that happen around us, or proactive to ensure
things happen as we want them to. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma
Events Inc.
Bytes and Bricks:
Leaving Data and Money on the Table “Technological
change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.” - Albert
Einstein Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Our Industry's Violent
DisAgreement And How to Move Forward
Toward a More Efficient Future
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
GridWise The Right Place At An Exceptional Time With GridWise, IT
interoperability will lead to ap’s that start with DR as a basic curtailment
(turning electric loads off) program, but then to expand a truly intelligent
building functionality that reshapes the load curve by leveraging automation. John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
Buildings 2.0 Energy
and the Grid Buildings 2.0 is an initiative that
cares for the scarce resources we have on planet Earth. Anto
Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
HVAC
Control Systems Market to Reach $12.7 Billion
Jared Malarsky,
Research Analyst, ARC Advisory Group
Making Money with BAS Mash-ups
The
term mash-up refers to a new breed of web-based applications. Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
August 2007
Rooftop Unit Economizer – Operation &
Control
Perform the economizer functions of a packaged rooftop unit using digital
control
Steven R. Calabrese,
Automated Logic Chicago
July 2007
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The Top 10 List For
Successfully Integrating Building Systems “I've missed more than 9000 shots in my
career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the
game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my
life. And that is why I succeed. “ - Michael Jordan, Six NBA Championships,
Five Times NBA MVP Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Sustainable Buildings
Are Industry Groups The Solution or the Problem?
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Wireless Control and
Automation Made Practical -- Finally While automobiles may get all
the bad headlines, energy-guzzling buildings account for a whopping 39% of all
energy consumption in the U.S., according to the Departments of Energy (DOE) and
Transportation (DOT); far above the 27% used by transportation. Mark
Walters, Chairman, Z-Wave Alliance
DR-Expo™
Delivering Demand Response Information & Solutions Today!
Anto Budiardjo,
President & CEO of Clasma Events Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
BAS Graphics - Past, Now, and
Future The BAS industry has changed rapidly in
the last 5 years. The main improvements have been on connectivity between
protocols and the information transfer to the internet Alper
Uzmezler Systems Integrator Building Automation Systems Services
NRG Systems Energy
Savings The building is one of only a handful of manufacturing
facilities to earn a LEED Gold certification. Joy Null,
Director Of Public Relations, Watt Stopper/Legrand
Connectivity + Convergence + Confluence = Change
Connectivity
concepts such as the smart grid, the greening of buildings with better
connections to everything, coupled with connections to powerful web services
plus the notion of Buildings 2.0 are all creating new directions and markets for
our industry. Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
July 2007
RTU Operation Via Conventional & Digital Controls
Control a packaged rooftop unit with a
thermostat, or digitally via a building automation system
Steven R. Calabrese,
Automated Logic Chicago
June 2007
Making Energy Efficiency
Accountable Right now there is no off-the-shelf delivery process
in place to develop truly effective energy efficiency improvements with long
term performance assurance.
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
Smart Parking
Garages? “We shape our buildings; thereafter they
shape us” Winston Churchill Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
“Confluence, Convergence,
Confusion….Kaboom“ The need to create standards for
delivering automated building systems information realtime to first responders
en route to an incident. Allan M. Olbur, Vice President, In-Store
Merchandising Solutions, Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Truly
Brilliant Buildings The primary principle is to ensure that you
collect and store data once when it is generated and then re-use it throughout
the lifecycle of the facility. Deke Smith, AIA,
Executive Director, buildingSMART® Alliance National Institute of
Building Sciences
Energy
Efficiency in the Power Grid The U.S. Department of Energy
estimates that increasing energy efficiency could reduce national energy use by
10% or more in 2010, and as much as 20% in 2020, with net economic benefits for
consumers and businesses as a result. White Paper ABB Inc.
The Connectivity Daily
These contributions provided a balance of industry
information that appealed to all conference attendees, whether their focus was
BuilConn, M2M, GridWise Expo or the ZigBee Expo. Frank
Capuano, Strata Resource Inc
New Advances in Digital
Display Technology With all of the variation in system
capabilities and in the potential for problems within the DDS marketplace, it’s
not surprising to find some resistance to the installation of DDS from Building
Managers. Wayne Moir, President, Adshift Inc.
Getting Grid Wise at GridWeek A
$900 billion market opportunity was identified for the industry to make the
national grid smart and wise with interactive connectivity. Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
June 2007
Interlocking of AHU
Safety Devices
Design and fabricate a control panel specifically for the safety device
interlocking.
Steven R. Calabrese,
Automated Logic Chicago
May 2007
The Consensus Conundrum
To be successful in your contribution to this industry at
this critical time, more than anything else these good ideas you develop need an
effective champion – you!
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
BAS University Establishes
Industry Education Resource From the interested novice to the
hardened professional, BAS University offers information field professionals and
engineers can rely on for reference on a daily basis. David G. Evans,
Computrols
CMMS - Managing Facilities as a
Business If your job hasn’t changed in the last two years, be
prepared to change or be replaced. It’s lead or get out of the way. Harry Kohal, Director of Sales and Marketing,
Eagle Technology, Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The
Largest Enterprise Energy Management Deployment in North America Once completed, Simon will have the ability to understand and
manage thousands of control points from an energy potential perspective as well
as integrate real time results of any point to match the business strategy of
maximizing comfort and performance while minimizing energy costs. Case
Study
Brooke Richards, Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, Inc.
Demand Response, an Urgent and Significant Opportunity Demand
Response (DR) is without doubt the golden opportunity for building systems
integrators and contractors. Anto Budiardjo,
President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Implementation Issues of
Open Networks One can specify and procure an open system, but the system needs
to be properly installed, configured and documented to produce the “open”
benefits. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Integration of Dynamic Facades
with other Building Systems Recent studies have shown that appropriate
fenestration/shading design and control, linked with simultaneous control of
electric lighting and HVAC components, could significantly reduce peak cooling
load and energy consumption for lighting and cooling, while maintaining good
thermal and lighting indoor conditions. Thanos
Tzempelikos, M.A.Sc., Ph.D. Solar Buildings Research Network,
Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia
University
BAS – What do customers want?
Customers for BAS… who they are? How can we determine
customers basing on their interests in building automation systems?
Andrey Golovin, Executive Director, Russian BACnet Group
News Maker of the Year Jack McGowan, CEM, President & CEO, Energy
Control Inc, GridWise Architecutre Council Chairman Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Beyond BACnet Grid integrators will work with
BACnet data to make it a seamless part of their grid and or enterprise
management products. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Thinking Out Loud in an
Industry of Change
We all need to think out loud to quickly guide our industry to the next level
and set plans for the future. Ken Sinclair,
AutomatedBuildings.com
April 2007
Buildings 2.0
Buildings 2.0 is a vision that intricately intertwines
buildings with Internet technologies. It is a vision that the future of
buildings is one which is controlled, managed and connected to the Internet, in
a way that goes far beyond simply placing a web server to the control system or
in the use of IP. Anto Budiardjo,
President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
What does it Really
Take to be an Intelligent Building? To get our industry to meet
its commitment to owners, occupants and the rapidly evolving energy and
environmental performance expectations of our society, we need the connectivity
we incorporate into intelligent buildings to add valuable function.
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
Smart Building to Smart
Grid Success Stories at GridWeek John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Capex
Happiness: Squeezing the Redundancy Out of the Construction Budget
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Is purchasing costing you
plenty? The hidden overhead cost of the equipment ordering process
Al De Wachter, President, ICS Inc
Thought and Reflections on the Status of our Industry Several
meetings held in the winter of 2006 and in conjunction with the AHR exposition
provided some valuable and interesting insights into what our industry values
and potentially some guidance or steps to follow to transform our industry.
Thomas J.
Lohner, P.E., Vice
President, TENG Solutions
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Intelligent Buildings
Roadmap
“The industry needs to get together to integrate or at least
educate all of the people that are involved. The owner cannot integrate the
industry, the architect cannot integrate the industry, the industry must
integrate itself and take the lead…” Paul Ehrlich PE, President,
Building Intelligence Group LLC
Achieving Energy Savings
with Building Automation Systems Unfortunately,
just installing a BAS is often not enough to guarantee energy savings, Kristin Kamm, Sr. Associate Research,
E
SOURCE
Using Your HVAC System to Improve IAQ Recognizing the Importance
of Controlling Key Airflow Rates David S. Dougan, President EBTRON, Inc.
The Next
Generation in Thermal Analysis
for Reliability, Constant Thermal Monitoring
Bob Kern,
Product Manager. Power Service Concepts ExerTherm
March 2007
Information Is Power
Delivering Systems and Equipment Awareness With 3D Digital Sensing Harbor Research, Inc. White Paper
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Certification for
Designers and Installers: The Industry’s Path Forward for Credibility
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, Managing Principal, Sinopoli and Associates
Automated Demand Response
and America’s Energy Future John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Streamlining your Controls Submittal Package How many times can you
afford to do the job? Al De Wachter, President, ICS Inc
BACnet Releases Access Control
Standards ASHRAE BACnet Standing Standards Project Committee
SSPC-135 formally approved for publication for public review a set of proposals
which add Physical Access Control capability to the existing standards for
Building Automation and Control. ASHRAE BACnet Standing Standards Project
Committee SSPC-135
Broadcaster uses Digital
Signage Technology Televisa received the directive from Mexico’s
Wal-Mart to place display screens throughout each of their 300 department
stores, exposing the multimedia advertising to a monthly audience of 50 million
people. David Wiseman,
Senior Marketing Writer, Minicom Advanced Systems
AHR
2007 Addresses Issues with Building Automation Systems Jared Malarsky, Research Analyst, ARC Advisory Group
Boilers That Can Take the
Pressure Thanks to Setra transducers. Setra Systems, Inc Case Study
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